Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Sweet potatoes — Producer Price was 350,000 SLC in 2016. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Costa Rica, 2010–2016
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in SLC.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 350,000 SLC for sweet potatoes — producer price in 2016.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% over ten years.
That places Costa Rica 10th out of 73 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the top quarter.
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 378,000 SLC | — |
| 2011 | 359,000 SLC | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 340,000 SLC | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 371,000 SLC | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 350,000 SLC | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 350,000 SLC | +0.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 350,000 SLC is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,692 SLC, 61.5× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 350,000 SLC is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 8,422 SLC, 41.6× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 7 New Caledonia 395,472 SLC
- 8 Madagascar 395,000 SLC
- 9 Rwanda 361,422 SLC compare
- 11 Chile 321,054 SLC
- 12 Jamaica 287,010 SLC compare
- 13 Burundi 262,000 SLC compare
More economy & growth data for Costa Rica
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.74 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.3 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 466.29 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0045 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 90.49 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 5.59 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 3.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0543 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,084 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 20.52 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — producer price in Costa Rica?
- Sweet potatoes — producer price in Costa Rica was 350,000 SLC in 2016, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — producer price recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 378,000 SLC in 2010.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — producer price recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 340,000 SLC in 2012.
- How does Costa Rica rank for sweet potatoes — producer price?
- Costa Rica ranks 10th out of 73 countries with data for 2016.
- Is sweet potatoes — producer price rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Producer Price (SLC/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.